How Has Communication Changed In The Last 20 Years

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Communication has changed greatly in the past twenty years. There has been very significant technological advances that has enabled communication to advance. For instance, the only way of talking if you were not face to face with a person was by telephone. Not a normal smartphone, but rather a plugged in phone. Sometimes it was just easy to go over to the person’s house to talk since most people had more than one landline at their homes. Which means that only one person could talk on the phone due to the fact every phone was connected and you couldn’t call three different people on three different landlines. Another thing is, there were no such thing as texting on phones. The technology wasn’t as advanced to where phones can receive and send texts in less than a second. Back then; the mobile cellular phone did not come with cameras or any other apps other than …show more content…

Recent advancement has enabled communication to advance. For instance, many different options have become available for communication like texting, calling or video chatting. Texting and calling have a fee for their services to be used, while video chatting is free as long as you have Internet. These services are used to communicate over long distances and can help a person keep in touch with family. Each were designed with convenience in mind and for the person’s comfort. These services have some drawbacks but have more positives than those drawbacks. If you are a person that enjoys going to see relatives and prefers old-fashioned conversation, these services are not for you. If you like to keep in touch with a person on a daily basis, but cannot afford daily trips, then one of these services might be your cup of tea. But it all comes back to convenience and what type of interaction you prefer. These types of communication are all with it’s benefits and disadvantages. And I’m glad technology has advanced communication to the way we use it

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